AAAI Awards High School Students’ AI Achievements

For Immediate Release

AAAI Awards High School Students' AI Achievements Component of Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

August 10, 2003
8:00 AM Pacific Time
Menlo Park, Calif.

As part of the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair, the world's largest high school celebration of science, the American
Association for Artificial Intelligence recognized 13 high school students for their outstanding
projects with an artificial intelligence component. Each winner received a $500 cash award
(joint authors shared the cash award), a one-year membership in AAAI, and a one-year
subscription to AAAI's AI Magazine for the student's high school. "AAAI members were quite
impressed by these students' projects," says AAAI Executive Director Carol Hamilton. "We
hope these promising young scientists will continue pursuing their interests in AI."

Winners include:

Nice Guys Dominate: A Computer Simulation Studying the Effect of Dominant-Recessive Genetics
on a Population
Michael Jason Diedrich, 16, Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) (http://www.sciserv.org/isef/) is held
annually, bringing together over 1,200 students from 40 nations to compete for scholarships,
tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prize: a $50,000 scholarship and a
high performance computer. Science Service founded the ISEF in 1950 and is very proud to have
Intel as the title sponsor of this prestigious, international competition.

About AAAI

As a way to encourage promising young researchers, AAAI proudly sponsors the Intel ISEF awards for the best projects in the area of computer science with an artificial intelligence component. Founded in 1979, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (http://www.aaai.org) is a nonprofit scientific membership society devoted to advancing the science and practice of AI. Its mission is to: (1) advance the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying intelligent thought and behavior, (2) facilitate their embodiment in machines, (3) serve as an information resource for research planners and the general public concerning trends in AI, and (4) offer training for the current and coming generations of AI researchers and practitioners. The Association has sponsored an annual conference, regarded as the premier gathering in the field, since 1980. AAAI also sponsors AI Topics, a non-technical Website with in-depth information and news about AI (www.aaai.org/aitopics).